Tex. Water Code § 51.645
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 51.645, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 51.645. WITNESSES AT THE HEARING.
Official statutory text
At the hearing, interested parties may appear in person or by attorney and are entitled, on demand, to have the chairman of the commissioners of appraisement issue process for witnesses. The commissioners shall have the same power as a court of record to enforce the attendance of witnesses.
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